Tea Party

Yes, there was a tax day "tea party" in Washington, DC, but it did not go entirely as its organizers had planned. There were supposed to be two in close proximity -- one in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, and one by the Treasury Building, which is next to the White House. Apparently, the Secret Service overruled the DC permit for the demonstration by the Treasury Building, so they combined into one demonstration in Lafayette Park. I checked it out at lunch time. They could not dump the tea bags they had brought to the park, as they had planned. And it rained -- pretty hard at times, too. But they had a go of it with speeches held under a little blue awning. Not a terribly big crowd, as these things go.